{"id":861,"date":"2018-11-18T10:52:27","date_gmt":"2018-11-18T10:52:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.skolera.com\/?p=861"},"modified":"2025-10-14T13:11:56","modified_gmt":"2025-10-14T13:11:56","slug":"trending-educational-technologies","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/skolera.com\/en\/blog\/trending-educational-technologies\/","title":{"rendered":"3 Trending Educational Technologies You Need to Know about"},"content":{"rendered":"

Technology has been exponentially growing throughout the past couple of decades. Everything is being digitized, and the field of education is not an exception. Inside and outside the classroom, students\u00a0 use technology to interact with each other, their teachers, and the material they are learning. Something new comes out everyday, making it hard to keep up.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Therefore, we show you here what some of the trendiest educational technologies are and how they are being used.<\/strong> <\/span><\/p>\n

1. Augmented reality<\/span><\/p>\n

It has become impossible to distinguish reality from illusion, and sometimes this is not a bad thing. Sometimes, we need to see rare, costly, far away, or simply fictional things, and augmented reality (AR) can deliver them to us. AR is a technology that adds computer-generated elements to real images being viewed from cameras of digital devices. One of the most famous implementations of AR technology is <\/span>Pok\u00e9mon GO<\/span><\/a>, released in 2016. <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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Ever since, the industry of AR has been growing rapidly and is expected to reach <\/span>1 billion users by 2020<\/span><\/a><\/span>. It has also been one of the recent educational technologies.\u00a0<\/span>The field happens to have a need for AR and a potential for it to grow. Objects that are hard to imagine or see can be turned into 3D models. For example, objects that are too big or too small to see by the naked eye can be easily modeled and interacted with through a smartphone. Students who learn visually can view 3D models of molecules, cells, and the solar system.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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Hagustin [GFDL (http:\/\/www.gnu.org\/copyleft\/fdl.html)], from Wikimedia Commons<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>AR can also illustrate concepts that are hard to imagine like <\/span>what is a magnetic field and how it works<\/span><\/a><\/span>. Moreover, students can also use AR to know information about what they view through the camera. For instance, students on field trips to museums can use AR as guides. The following video, from the American Museum of Natural History in New York, provides an example for how AR technology can enhance the experience of visiting a museum.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n